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Acute tear of the common extensor origin and the lateral collateral ligament of the elbow after minor trauma following cortisone injections

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Akute Ruptur am Ursprung des M. extensor communis und am lateralen Kollateralband des Ellenbogens infolge leichten Traumas nach Kortisoninjektionen

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    C. J. Lorenz MSc, T. Verschueren & R. P. van Riet

  2. Department of Trauma‑, Hand‑, Plastic- and Reconstructive Surgery (Surgery II), University Hospital Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher Str. 6, 97080, Würzburg, Germany

    C. J. Lorenz MSc

  3. University Hospital Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Edegem, Belgium

    R. P. van Riet

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R.P. van Riet has a teaching and speaking agreement with Acumed and is the designer of the eXo elbow splint. C.J. Lorenz and T. Verschueren declare that they have no competing interests.

For this article no studies with human participants or animals were performed by any of the authors. All studies mentioned were in accordance with the ethical standards indicated in each case. For images or other information within the manuscript which identify patients, consent was obtained from them and/or their legal guardians.

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Lorenz, C.J., Verschueren, T. & van Riet, R.P. Acute tear of the common extensor origin and the lateral collateral ligament of the elbow after minor trauma following cortisone injections. Arthroskopie 34, 472–475 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00142-021-00485-4

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